My LO (little one) is starting to reject purées. Recently she’s shown off her food mashing skills by eating strawberries and rotini pasta without me cutting them up. She’s my third and I have to say I’m kinda impressed. Other items not mentioned by PP: potato wedges, soft, chickpeas, black beans, and pinto beans. And guacamole.

Everything we eat (minus honey, anything too spicy, and anything too sweet). Ground beef or turkey, shredded chicken or pork...last night she had kielbasa. Pastas are easy to eat too, and my girl loves all kinds of beans. The only “babyfood” she really eats anymore is her oatmeal and applesauce for Breakfast. Lunch and dinner are table foods.

Pretty much everything but honey. I haven’t given her any cows milk products yet (cheese, yogurt), just because I personally don’t want to. But other than that, so long as it’s not too spicy... it’s a go.

Same as PPs, he gets whatever we are eating. I just make sure that nothing is a choking hazard and cut food up appropriately. He prefers to feed himself too so BLW (baby-led weaning) has worked much better than purées. He does pretty good sucking purées right out of the pouch recently though.

My dd (dear daughter) loves veggies and carbs. We haven’t done meat or dairy yet but I try to follow a vegan diet so she’s pretty much eating what I eat plus eggs. She ate a huge bowl of rice crispies with almond milk for breakfast. I’m surprised how much she can eat!

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